Jo walked into the break room and grabbed a chipped coffee mug from one of the cupboards. Someone had already brewed some coffee and as she started to pour herself a cup, her mind started to drift off, while still staring at the dark brown liquid.
(Flashback)
"Hold on Mac…you're going to be ok," Jo said as Mac fought to keep his eyes open. Jo grabbed Mac's hand and held onto it tightly as his eyes started to lose focus. A moment later, paramedics were running towards them, with Don close behind. One of the paramedics pushed Mac's jacket aside and Jo saw blood blossoming on Mac's white t-shirt. The other paramedic applied pressure to a deep gash on Mac's leg. Jo could see a small piece of shrapnel protruding from the wound. They strapped Mac onto a gurney and Jo faintly heard Don talking to Mac.
"Hang in there buddy...just hold on," he said as he walked with the paramedics, toward the ambulance.
"You're going to be ok," Jo quietly whispered to herself as the ambulance drove off with Mac's life hanging in the balance.
"Jo…Jo!" she heard her name being called and was pulled back to reality. Mac was grabbing the coffee maker out of her hand; she looked down and noticed that she had overflowed her coffee mug.
"Are you ok?" Mac asked as he grabbed a wash cloth from the sink and cleared the coffee off of the counter.
"Yeah…yeah…sorry I just got lost in my thoughts," Jo said as she finally regained control of her thoughts and attempted to clear away Mac's concern by plastering a smile on her face and laughing it off.
"Are you sure?" Mac asked, concern still etched on his face.
"Yeah I-," Jo started as she stared into his deep green eyes. They reminded her of emeralds with hints of sapphire dusted around them; they were also very hard to lie to. "I'm fine," Jo finally stammered as quickly switched her gaze to the files on the counter. "Did you find something?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Yeah…The Armed Forces Service Medal is a federal service medal, so I looked up the recent recipients that have recently lived or been to New York and I got two names," Mac said as Jo continued to stare at the files.
"Joseph Santoni and Freddy Winton," Jo read from the file.
"Yep…Don and Danny are leading two teams to their homes as we speak," Mac said.
"I'm surprised you didn't try to join them," Jo said, smiling as Mac opened the glass door for her with his cane.
"I could say the same to you," Mac said as he nodded at the cast on her foot.
"I think I would still be faster than you," Jo said.
"Hey, watch it or I'll trip you with my cane," Mac said and Jo burst out laughing as they both limped down the halls of the lab together.